bajgë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- balgë, balëg, balëgë, bagël
Etymology
From archaic and dialectal balgë, balëgë, from Old Albanian baljëgë, from Proto-Albanian *balgā, from Proto-Indo-European *bolgʷ-. Compare Greek βολβός (volvós, “bulb”), Armenian բողկ (boġk, “radish”). Borrowed as Romanian baligă; metathetic bagël gave northern Italian bagola, bagula.
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